‘I fear we’ll have the Thames lined with derelict towers’, warns former City planning chief
Not enough is being put aside from service charges to cover essential future refurb works in the London’s rising residential schemes, says Peter Rees
Knock-back for PLP’s 1,500-home Westferry Printworks plan
Northern & Shell’s PLP-designed proposal to upgrade the 15-acre Isle of Dogs scheme to deliver over 1,500 homes has been rejected
Planners knock back St John’s Wood apartment scheme
Thumbs-down for proposals to redevelop a car park and porter’s lodge near Primrose Hill
Planning win for Dyson in Gloucestershire
Council backs proposals for five new dwellings at the billionaire inventor’s glorious country seat
Coastal communities may have to move, warns Environment Agency in stark flood risk assessment
‘In some cases, the scale of flooding or coastal change may be so significant [that it] may mean potentially moving communities out of harm’s way in the longer term’
Home improvement applications dwindle, but extensions hold up
‘The impact of Brexit and any shift in GDP is likely to reduce [home improvement] activity further’, warns Barbour ABI
Planning Inspectorate looks to hire 20 new senior inspectors
The Civil Service has launched a planning inspector recruitment campaign
Rockwell moots 100% affordable units at its Kensington Forum scheme
New proposal for the major Cromwell Road hotel development includes 16 more residential units – with all 62 apartments delivered for social rent
How to prevent a basement dig from sinking a rental investment
James Robinson explains how he is advising an increasing number of PCL landlord clients dealing with noisy construction works, and looks at the questions raised in regard to disclosure…
Green light for final King’s Cross development phase
The W Zone will deliver 218 apartments and an eco-minded leisure building; approval of detailed designs marks ‘one of the final pieces of the King’s Cross puzzle’
City of London picks new planning chief
The former chair of Westminster’s planning and city development committee, Alastair Moss, will be in charge of rolling out the City of London’s ‘most ambitious local plan to date’
Kensington’s ‘caviar care’ scheme knocked back by London’s Deputy Mayor
RBKC has come under fire for not securing enough affordable housing from Johnny Sandelson’s proposed development of the Heythrop College site